BIRDS OF NORTH AND MIDDLE AMERICA. 



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white anteriorly, where forming a more or less well-defined band against 

 blacldsh of chest, the feathers of tibia and tarsus sooty blackish; bill 

 (in dried skins) pale grayish yellow or yellowish gray; iris brown; 

 naked eyelids sky blue or light azure blue; feet dusky horn color 

 (in dried sldns); length (skins), 256-303 (272); wing, 130-146.5 

 (137.9); tail, 136-165 (148.2); culnien, 18-21.5 (19.7); tarsus, 13-15 

 (13.9); inner anterior toe, 13-15 (14.1).'' 



Adult female. — Similar to the adult male but metallic coloring of 

 upper parts replaced by slate color or blackish slate; maxilla black, 

 except lower basal portion; length (skins), 250-285 (267); wdng, 

 133-141.5 (136.4); tail, 138-155 (147); culmen, 17-21.5 (19.1); 

 tarsus, 13-14.5 (13.9); inner anterior toe, 13-15 (13.7).^ 



Immature male. — Similar to the adult male but middle rectrices 

 mostly dull black (the metallic coloring mostly confined to basal 

 two-thirds of outer web of middle pair and basal outer edge of next 

 two), lateral rectrices narrower at tip and with two or three white 

 spots or bars on subterminal portion of outer web, and outer webs 

 of secondaries and greater wing-coverts s])otted and edged with 

 white. 



Immature female.— '^irmlsiv to the adult female but middle rectrices 

 without distinct black tip, lateral rectrices narrower at tip and with 

 outer web more or less spotted or barred with white, and secondaries 

 edged with white. 



Eastern Mexico, from States of southern Tamaulipas (Tampico; 

 Alta Mira), Vera Cruz (Cateman; Orizaba; Jalapa; Play a Vicente; 

 Uvero; Achotal; Misantla; Laguna Verde; Tlalcotalpdm; Minatitlan; 

 Coatzocoalcos; Otatitlan; Motzorongo; Rivera; Santo Domingo; 

 Pasa Nueva), Puebla (Rinconada), Mexico (''City of Mexico"), east- 

 ern Oaxaca (Tuxtepec), Tabasco (Teapa), Chiapas (Palenque), Cam- 



" Twenty-nine sperimens. 



b Eighteen Bpecimens. 



